Miqati: Any Deal on Cabinet Not a Radical Solution to Lebanon's Problems

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati lamented on Tuesday that any agreement on the formation of the new government would not be a radical solution to the country's crises.

“The situation in Lebanon has become largely intertwined with the complications of the situation in Syria,” Miqati said as he met Arab ambassadors based in Germany.

The meeting was arranged by Dr. Mustafa Adeeb, the Lebanese Ambassador to Berlin, and was attended by Caretaker Economy Minister Nicolas Nahhas.

“Any internal Lebanese deal on the government file or anything else would not be a radical solution to the problem and the Lebanese situation would remain unsettled pending a clearer picture of the regional” conditions, he said.

Miqati is in Germany to attend the annual security conference in Munich.

“The agreement on the formation of an all-embracing government came at the appropriate regional occasion, giving the green light for participation in it,” Miqati said.

“But we are witnessing an exaggeration in differences and (officials) are drowning in details, which make us far from full and permanent understanding and consensus,” he added.

Any problem between any of the three Arab countries - Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria – reflects negatively on Lebanon, Miqati told the diplomats.

“This is what is currently happening,” particularly after Iran shoved itself in the dispute, he said.

“So Lebanon became in a clear quake zone,” Miqati said.

“The complicated sectarian system made things worse by allowing foreign interference,” he added.